Patricia Rodas (born 22 June 1960) is a
Honduran politician who is a former Minister for Foreign Affairs and leading member of the
Liberal Party of Honduras
The Liberal Party of Honduras ( Spanish: ''Partido Liberal de Honduras)'' is a centrist liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. It is the oldest extant political party in the country, and one of the two main parties that ...
. Deposed in July 2009, she subsequently played a role in establishing the
Liberty and Refoundation
Liberty and Refoundation ( es, Libertad y Refundación, Libre; ''libre'' is the Spanish word for "free") is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political party in Honduras. Libre was founded in 2011 by the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a ...
party.
Biography
The daughter of the former president of the
National Congress of Honduras,
Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Rodas began her political career in the Liberal Party, rising to the role of President of the party's Central Executive Council, before being appointed foreign minister in the government of
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia BritannicaManuel Zelaya/ref> is a Honduran politician who was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until 28 June 2009, and who since January 2022 serves as the first Fir ...
.
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
Deposed during the
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, she was held captive by the Honduran military and forced into exile in Mexico. While there, she became a spokesperson for Zelaya in his attempts to regain the
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
.
OAS hopes to mediate settlement in Honduras
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See also
* Manuel Zelaya#Constitutional crisis
References
1960 births
Living people
Foreign Ministers of Honduras
Government ministers of Honduras
Liberal Party of Honduras politicians
Honduran Marxists
21st-century Honduran women politicians
21st-century Honduran politicians
Women government ministers of Honduras
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